I love Johnny Cash, and I respect Johnny Cash. He’s the biggest. He’s like an Elvis in this business, but no, he’s never been the rebel.
WAYLON JENNINGSMen commit murder and all sorts of mayhem, in a few years they’re back on the streets.
More Waylon Jennings Quotes
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One thing is that I wasn’t getting booked that well, and they had control over who got the awards, they had control over who sold.
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Hitting the bottle again, ever than I’ve drunker been. Or is it drunker than I’ve ever been?
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Don’t ever try and be like anybody else and don’t be afraid to take risks.
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And yet his greatest desire was the simple warmth of love’s fire, cause it’s cold on the dark side of fame.
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Mainly what I learned from Buddy… was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn’t have any barriers to it.
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If you have the courage and you have the heart, that hero just might be you.
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I’ve always felt that blues, rock ‘n’ roll and country are just about a beat apart.
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You’ve got to care about the music…You’d better not be doing it for the publicity, the fame or the money.
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But ya know what, I am a part of something that happened.
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I didn’t aim at anything except good music.
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Cuz I was never pretty anyway and never cared anything about that.
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Was an American archetype, the bad guy with the big heart.
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It was all devastating. I’d never dealt with losing anyone close to me, and I didn’t know where to put it in my life.
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To me a guitar is kind of like a woman. You don’t know why you like ’em but you do.
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Lately I’ve heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I’ve been idle, don’t mean that I’m tame.
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